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    Isabel Berwick

    Host and editor, 'Working It' podcast and newsletter

    Isabel Berwick is the host of the FT's Working It podcast about the workplace and writes the weekly Working It newsletter. She is the editorial lead for the FT Women in Business Forum, moderates and hosts FT and external events about the workplace and beyond, and is writing a book about how to thrive at work.

    Isabel joined the FT in 1999 from the Independent on Sunday, where she was the business editor. She held senior editing roles on FT Weekend and the Opinion desk before becoming Work & Careers editor in 2018, overseeing the FT's management, leadership and workplace content. She left that role early in 2023 to focus full-time on the Working It brand.

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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Working It
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      It may be better to make coaching a group effort, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Working It podcast14 min listen
      Clearer communication is a workplace superpower

      The BBC’s Ros Atkins offers expert tips on getting your message across

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Working It podcast30 min listen
      Working It live: How to make a mid-life career change

      Tips from experts recorded live at the FT Weekend festival

    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Working It
      It’s a matter of trust (as Billy Joel said)

      Why we turn to our employer for stability in tough times, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Working It podcast16 min listen
      Why do Brits make such bad managers?

      Unlike Americans, they don't seem to take management seriously

    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Working It
      How to manage ‘middlescence’

      ‘Transition coaching’ has become a growth area for middle aged workers looking for change, and the Office Therapy advice column

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Working It podcast17 min listen
      Are Fridays dead?

      Have workers introduced a four-day week by stealth?

    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Working It
      Workplace flattery gets you everywhere

      Why ‘dual promotion’ is the hot new career tactic, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Working It podcast14 min listen
      Why we’re so f***ing angry at work – and how to stop

      More of us are feeling angry at the office. It doesn’t have to be that way

    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Working It
      The non-graduate job market is booming. Why go to uni?

      We look at the rise in ‘skills-based’ hiring, plus the Office Therapy advice column

    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Working It podcast14 min listen
      Why diversity strategies fail – and how to fix them

      Good intentions aren’t enough – companies need a plan

    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      Work & Careers
      Office Therapy: You ask, we answer

      Straight-talking solutions to tricky workplace dilemmas, from the host of the Working It podcast

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    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Working It
      ‘Five days? No way’: The great office stand-off

      Staff say they’ll leave rather than go back to their desks full time, plus our Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Working It podcast16 min listen
      Shared workspaces are growing up

      Ping-pong tables and beer-on-tap are out. Privacy is in

    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      Working It
      Why class still proves an obstacle to careers

      Social inequality at work is still an under-addressed issue, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
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      Best of: Why we love to hate the middle manager

      They’re often maligned. But is their role more important than ever?

    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      Working It
      This is what good HR looks like

      How to avoid mismatched internal expectations, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Working It podcast26 min listen
      Best of: Imposter syndrome — turning self-doubt into a positive

      Imposter syndrome need not cripple your career. Here’s how to make it work for you

    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Working It
      How to avoid a corporate scandal

      Better board-level understanding of internal culture will stop nasty surprises, plus the Office Therapy advice column

    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Working It podcast19 min listen
      Why are sexual harassment and assault still happening at work?

      Sexual harassment and assault remain far too common

    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Working It
      All hail older workers

      Why forward-looking employers are investing in the over-50s, plus the Office Therapy advice column

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      The importance of paying attention without prejudices and how to outlast the competition

    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
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      How to master the art of schmoozing

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    • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
      Working It
      Don’t turn your job into “productivity theatre”

      Many of us do performative work just to impress bosses, plus our Office Therapy advice column

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    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Working It podcast19 min listen
      Men, are you lonely? How your workplace could help

      There’s an epidemic of loneliness and men are the worst affected

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